36 T'he Excellency of Wifdotn, S E R M. lence is, in this fenfe, effential to our nature; II. that it is one of thofe perceptions to which we are neceffarily determined when the ob- jed fitted to excite it is prefented to us. By our conftitution we are tied down to certain fenfations or ways of perceiving, which feem to be uniform, alike in all men, and fubjea to no alterations, in which we muff finally acquiefce as the foie judges within their proper fphere. yob fays, chap. xii. i r. Doth not the ear try words, and the mouth tafie his meats. The perception of talks is natural, the fame originally in every man, no one learneth it from another, as] we do the fignification of words, arts, and habits of divers kinds ; and every man's tafle is the only judge for himfelf of its proper objeL`t, no one can change it, or conform his man- ner of perception to the will of another; fo that if a proclamation was made, offering meats and drinks to all who fhould be will- ing to receive them, and this argument ufed, not that they are wholfome or medi- cinal, tending to reftore and preferve health, for that might be difficult to judge of, and requireth (kill and experience, but that they are fweet or palatable ; to whom is the ap- peal underftood to be made, but to every one for himfelf ? for the mouth tafteth meats.
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